Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014

Interpretation

78.—(1) For the purposes of this Part—

“community planning” must be construed in accordance with section 66;

“community planning partner” means a person falling within section 67;

“current community plan” means the community plan for a district published under section 68(4) or, where the plan has been amended following a review under section 70, the plan most recently published under section 70(6).

(2) Any reference in this Part to an action being performed or a function being exercised for the purposes of achieving a community plan objective is a reference to an action being performed or a function being exercised as described in section 66(2)(c).

(3) Where this Part refers to a thing being connected with a community planning partner’s functions, the functions in question do not include the partner’s functions under this Part.

(4) A document referred to in this Act as a “community plan” (or by an expression including that term) may instead be referred to by whatever alternative name is agreed between a council and its community planning partners.